NRI News
British Tamils protest outside Vedanta chief’s home in London
Sunday, 25/03/2018
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/british-tamils-protest-outside-vedanta-chief-s-home-in-london/563428.html
London : A large number of British Tamils carrying traditional ‘parai’ drums held protest outside the home of Vedanta Group chief Anil Agarwal here in solidarity with protesters in Tamil Nadu against the expansion of British company Sterlite’s copper smelter plant in the state.
Indian-origin man in US charged with $2,50,000 fraud
Sunday, 25/03/2018
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/indian-origin-man-in-us-charged-with-2-50-000-fraud/563359.html
New York : An Indian-origin man in the US has been charged with stealing more than US$ 250,000 in a Ponzi scheme in which his friends and coworkers invested.
'We Are Sikhs' campaign wins top US award
Thursday, 22/03/2018
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/-we-are-sikhs-campaign-wins-top-us-award/561851.html
New York : A campaign to create awareness of Sikhism and its followers in the US and fight prejudice has won a top award for excellence in public relations programming to promote public causes.
H-1B application process to begin from April 2; premium processing suspended
Wednesday, 21/03/2018
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/h-1b-application-process-to-begin-from-april-2-premium-processing-suspended/561253.html
Washington : Petitions for H-1B visas, popular among Indian IT professionals, will be accepted from April 2, a federal agency announced on Wednesday.
US Indian couple get one year in jail for human trafficking
Wednesday, 21/03/2018
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/us-indian-couple-get-one-year-in-jail-for-human-trafficking/561305.html
Washington : An Indian couple in the US has been sentenced to a year’s imprisonment on charges of human trafficking and labour exploitation of an illegal immigrant from India.
UK MP raises Jallianwala massacre issue in House of Commons
Friday, 16/03/2018
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
LONDON: Senior Labour Member of Parliament Virendra Sharma has asked British Prime Minister Theresa May to join him and others to commemorate next month the 99th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar in 1919.
Will try to raise Johal issue with Modi: UK minister
Wednesday, 14/03/2018
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
LONDON: The Theresa May government on Tuesday said it will try to raise the issue of British national Jagtar Singh Johal – who is under arrest in Punjab since November 2017 – with Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he will visit London for the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in April.
Canada set to be next stop for Indian techies
Wednesday, 14/03/2018
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
TORONTO: Amid continuing uncertainty over the coveted H-1B work visa programme in the United States, tech talent, particularly from India, may be increasingly bypassing it and heading north to Canada .
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